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L. H. BARTLETT. NEGKSOARF.

.No. 460,259. Patented Sept. 29, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LINCOLN I-I. BARTLETT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES R. IIARSHBERGER, OF SAME PLACE.

NECKSCARF.

-PEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,259, dated September 29. 1891. Application filed January 21, 1890' Serial No. 337,650. (No model.)

TQCLZZ whom, it may concern.- trates another form of scarf embodying the Be it known that I, LINCOLN H. BARTLETT, invention. of Chicago,in the conntyof Cook and State of I11 the illustrations,A is a neckband of the Illinois, have invented certain new and useusual pattern,provided at one end with a book ful Improvements in Scarfs; and I do hereby a and at the other end with a loop or eye a, declare that the following is a full, clear, and adapted to be engaged by the hook a, where exact description thereof, reference being had by the ends of the neckband may be secured to the accompanying drawings, and to the lettogether; ters of reference marked thereon, which form B is a loop or puff of material permanently to a part of this specification. secured to the neckband A. The loop B is This invention relates to improvements in in such form as to imitate the loop of an orscarfs or neckties, the great consideration in dinaryhand-tied knot when tied with the ma the manufacture of which consists in so arterial of which neckties would usually be ranging and permanently securing together made. The loop B is provided with an openr5 theparts of a scarf as to give to the completed ing '12 therethrough. article the semblance of a natural knot or tie. C is a single piece of material, preferably A very large proportion of the users of these of the same pattern on both its sides, and articles are unable to take a straight piece of adapted to be engaged with the loop B by goods, such as an ordinary piece of ribbon or having one of its ends cc inserted in and 20 scarf, and form the same about the neck in a through the opening Z) in said loop B. After nice-looking tie, bow, or other form of knot, one of said ends 0 of the piece 0 has been and hence these ties have heretofore largely passed through the loop B the said ends 0 0 been made by sewing the same permanently may be brought together-and crossed,as shown in position. In such ready-made scarfs the in Fig. 1. In such case the two parts of the 25 appearance of the natural puffing and plaitsingle piece C may be secured together at (Z ing of the bowortieisto some extentiniitated by a pin D or other suitable means. The by means of pasteboard or other filling matecrossing of the ends a, as above explained, rial inserted beneath the folds of the tie. Afwill cause plaits or puffs to be formedin said ter a very limited use of these made-up piece C, as clearly shown at c in Fig. 1, the

0 scarfs it is found that the plaits andfolds character or design of which maybe altered 8o flatten and lose their shape, thus destroying obviously by bringing the said ends 0 toall semblance of having been tied by hand. gether in various ways. Such alterations are The object of this invention, therefore, is so obvious to those acquainted with this subto produce a scarf part of which shall be perject that I do not deem it necessary to illus- 5 inanently made up and part of which shall be trate more fully the different uses or..modifiloose and adapted to be made up by hand, cations of designs into which this scarf may and also adapted to be so united with the firstbe made. I have, however, illustrated in Fig. mentioned part as to give the whole the puffed- 4: one of such modified forms,which is deemed up and plaited appearance of a scarf made sufficient for the purpose. In such modified 40 up by hand. form the single piece C may, perhaps, be some- 0 To this end the invention consists in the What shorter than that used in forming the novel combination herein shown and descarf illustrated in Fig. 1. In making this scribed, and more particularly pointed out in form of scarf shown in said Fig. 4 I prefer to the appended claims. double the said piece Cand pass the two ends 5 In. said drawings, Figure l is a plan view 0 0 through the loop 13 in the same direction. 5 of a scarf embodying my invention. Fig. 2 Other styles of knot may of course beadopted. illustrates the made-up portion of the searf- It will be obvious that by reason of the piece to wit, that portion attached to the neckband. C being separate from the loop B not only a Fig. 3 illustrates that portion of the scarf great variety of forms may be given to the 50 adapted to be tied by hand. Fig. 4 illnsscarf proper, but the worn-out portion of the scarf may be taken up by simply shifting the position of the part 0 with regard to the part B. This repetition of use may be further extended by making the part0 doubled, ashereinbefore explained. By making the parts separate and of washable material it is obvious that the scarf or tie can be readily cleansed by washing, as there is no pasteboard or other lining required.

What I. claim is- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a convertible scarf consisting of two parts or pieces, one part consisting of a neckband and apermanently-attached transverse loop formed by means of a strip or band sewed'at both ends to the neckband, and the other part consisting of a single separate strip of cloth adapted to be inserted through said transverse loop.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a convertible scarf consisting of two parts or pieces, one part consisting of a neckband and a permanently-attached transverse loop formed by means of a strip or band sewed at both ends to the rear orinner surface of the neckband, and the other part consisting of a single separate strip of cloth adapted to be inserted through said transverse 100p, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LINCOLN H. BARTLETT.

\Vitnesses:

TAYLOR E. BROWN, GEORGE W. HIGGINS, Jr. 

